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New system build - Your input please.

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Hi Everyone,

The time has come again to put something new together from scratch. The old system is on its last legs. I am not entirely a hardware geek but you guys have helped a lot in my decision-making process. So first of all, thank you for all the helpful posts!

Here is what I came up with thus far for my new rig. Intended use is for gaming including OCing. I would really appreciate if you could give your thoughts about this or if you see any problems that this build might run into.

Thank You!











Message edited by Rup on 07-05-2008 at 12:53:07 AM
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Looks okay.

 

This is the same card but cheaper, http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=3585

 

You can get some of the above items cheaper at Infonec (www.infonec.com)


Message edited by Shadowthor on 07-05-2008 at 01:16:33 AM
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1- ASUS P5Q Deluxe is a better mobo
2- HD 4870 is better than 9800 GTX
3- mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 is better than your choice
4- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB is a better hard disk
Good luck
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kad hit everything right on the head.

4850 is better than 9800GTX in some cases. Same price too. Go with the 48x0 series.

4850- $192 CAD
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] POWERCOLOR

4870- $311 CAD- Smacks 9800GTX around- competes with 260 & 280.
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Message edited by shadowduck on 07-05-2008 at 02:34:59 AM
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Thanx for the creative input!

What about the PSU? 700Watt going to be enough?

Reply to Rup

Overkill for just 1 card.

If you want CF later- it is good to keep.

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